Another literary term in this chapter was incorporated into the telling of the story of how Cohn fought with Romero. The line of time is interrupted when Hemingway makes use of a [FLASHBACK.] “. . . So the bull-fighter chap sort of rather staggered over to him. Cohn went back against the wall.
“'so you won' hit me?
“'No,' said Cohn. 'I'd be ashamed to.'
“So the bull-fighter fellow hit him just as hard as he could in the face. . .”
This flashback is effective since it illustrates the fight better than simply having mike explain the entire fight in his own words.
The punctuation, namely the quotation marks, seem weird here, it starts with a “ when mike starts talking but then we he mimics the dialogue of the fight they start each line with a “ then a ' but only end them with a ' the double quote marks are never ended.
Also the way that Mike tells the fight and just cuts into it like its happening in the present seems very strange. If someone were to tell you the story in the exact words of Mike then it wouldn't really completely make sense.
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